Hepatitis remains a deadly disease, causing over 800,000 deaths globally each year. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Danjuma Adda Thursday, July 25, 2024 Inter Press Service Jul 25 (IPS) – July 28th is World Hepatitis Day, created to celebrate the life and work of Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Baruch Samuel Blumberg. Blumberg’s work contributed to the discovery of hepatitis B, and …
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Credit: Equality Now Opinion by Deborah Nyokabi (nairobi, kenya) Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 24 (IPS) – Thandi*, a 14-year-old girl from Malawi, is both a child and a mother. After she and her siblings were orphaned, they were left in the care of their grandmother, who struggled to provide for them. Thandi recalls with sorrow …
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The acute shortage of qualified mental health specialists in West Africa is a major obstacle to tackling mental health issues in the region. Credit Credit: Unsplash /Melanie Wasser Opinion by Sylvia Muyingo (nairobi) Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jul 24 (IPS) – Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 116 million people in the African region were living with …
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Credit: Kabir Dhanji/AFPvia Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jul 23 (IPS) – Kenya’s President William Ruto has withdrawn the tax-increasing Finance Bill that sparked mass protests. He has sacked his cabinet and the head of the police has resigned. But the anger many feel hasn’t gone away, and protests continue. The …
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A field of maize spoiled by drought in Zambia, one of the countries that has declared an emergency as it grapples with the effects of El Niño. Credit: WFP/Gabriela Vivacqua by Kevin Humphrey (johannesburg, south africa) Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Jul 23 (IPS) – Heading into the traditional dry period of winter in southern Africa, …
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Budapest will block funds the European Union has earmarked for Ukraine until Kiev resumes the transit of Russian crude oil to Hungary and Slovakia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. Ukraine stopped the flow of oil through the Druzhba pipeline last week, citing its sanctions against Russian energy giant Lukoil, thus depriving the two EU members of an estimated …
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Protesters during an anti-government demonstration in Nairobi. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Stephanie Musho (nairobi) Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jul 23 (IPS) – The resolution to the ongoing Kenyan crisis that has since morphed into an anti-government movement is not as simplistic as the withdrawal of the punitive Finance Bill 2024 as has lately been suggested by the country’s embattled President; who …
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“Heavy shooting from the Israeli Forces at a UN convoy heading to Gaza city. While there are no casualties, our teams had to duck and take cover” in the incident on Sunday, according to the head of UNRWA, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, in a post on X, which called for the perpetrators to be held accountable. One armoured vehicle was hit …
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A family cooks a meal in a temporary accommodation in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Credit: UN World Food Programme (WFP) by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, July 22, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 22 (IPS) – The Palestinians in Gaza have been victims of a double tragedy: killings by Israel’s mostly American-made weapons and deaths by starvation. And now …
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Opinion by Alice Slater (new york) Monday, July 22, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jul 22 (IPS) – On the heels of a new alliance announced this summer by Russia and North Korea for a pact pledging mutual defense, with the support of China, it is now shockingly being suggested in South Korea that it review its security policy with …
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